Football Manager 2018 Top Bargains

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Football Manager 2018 bargains buys

Football Manager enthusiasts are always looking for bargain buys to shape a good team without breaking the bank. This guide is the most in-depth list of Football Manager 2018 quality players you can buy on the cheap. Part of our FM 2018 top bargains article series.

Roughly 200 FM18 bargain buys included.

I'll be updating this list often based on your feedback.

Released: Nov 10, 2017

This is the successor of our popular list of FM 2016 top bargains. Regrettably, we didn't do such a list for FM17.

What are FM18 top bargains?

Top bargains means quality players you can get for a relatively cheap price.

What does the rating (R) mean?

It's a personal recommendation system for your convenience. I'm using a 1-100 scale based on English divisions.
81+ all-time elite player
78-80 great player for premiership
75-77 solid backup for premiership
72-74 top player for championship
68-71 solid backup for championship

FM 2018 Top Bargains by position

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FM 2018 Bargain Goalkeepers

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
81	Axel Werner	21	At. Madrid	2.6	0.16	ARG
81	Will Mannion	19	Hull	0.6	0.2	ENG
78	Andreas Linde	23	Molde	1	0.12	SWE
80	Christian Fruchtl	17	Bayern	0.4	0.19	GER
79	Luke McGee	21	Portsmouth	3.5	0.29	ENG
78	Berke Ozer	17	Altinordu	0.3	0.12	TUR
80	Gergely Hutvagner	17	Sampdoria	0.2	0.1	HUN
80	Yehvann Diouf	17	Troyes	0.5	0.1	FRA
75	Maxime Delanghe	16	PSV	0.1	0.06	BEL
78	Marcus Bettinelli	25	Fulham	6	2.4	ENG
81	Alessandro Plizzari	17	Milan	3	0.34	ITA
78	David Raya	21	Blackburn	3	1.1	ESP
78	Diogo Costa	17	Porto	1.6	0.04	POR
75	Adrian Semper	19	Dinamo	3.4	0.09	CRO
78	Pedro Silva	20	Sporting	1.3	0.15	POR
85	Predrag Rajkovic	21	Maccabi Tel-Aviv	10.3	1.1	SRB
72	Sondre Rossbach	21	Odd	1.5	0.12	NOR
80	Andre Moreira	21	At. Madrid	1.8	0.34	POR
76	Pontus Dahlberg	18	Goteborg	0.8	0.15	SWE
76	Lucas Franca	21	Cruzeiro	0.9	0.13	BRA
78	Alex Craninx	21	Sparta	1.5	0.12	BEL
77	Andrea Fulignati	22	Cesena	1.6	0.65	ITA
75	Lucas Perri	19	Sao Paulo	1.1	0.08	BRA
78	Leonardo Marson	19	Palermo	0.8	0.08	ITA
74	Daniel Mesenholer	21	Union Berlin	2.6	0.52	GER

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FM 18 Centre-Back Bargains

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
74	Dario Maresic	17	Sturm Graz	0.9	0.04	AUT
75	Jafar Dasoumi	21	Foulad	2.2	0.07	IRN
81	Diogo Queiros	18	Porto	1.8	0.05	POR
75	Dino Peric	22	Dinamo	1	0.38	CRO
78	Branimir Kalaica	19	Benfica	6.8	0.23	CRO
80	Zinho Vanheusden	17	Inter	0.2	0.18	BEL
78	Juan Cruz Komar	20	Talleres	3.3	1.5	ARG
76	Matheus Guedes	17	Santos	0.1	0.02	BRA
74	Andreas Hanche-Olsen	20	Stabaek	0.6	0.01	NOR
74	Ulisses	17	Diadema	0.1	0.02	BRA
74	Kaique	16	Santos	0.2	0.02	BRA
78	David Subias	18	Zaragoza	0.3	0.02	ESP
77	Rivaldo Coetzee	20	Sundowns	3.4	0.43	RSA
74	Ndifreke Effiong	18	Abia Warriors	0.1	0.08	NGA
72	Per Magnus Steiring	20	Sogndal	0.8	0.11	NOR
75	Keanu Cupido	18	Ajaccio	0.9	0.08	RSA
74	Marco Varnier	19	Cittadella	0.7	0.52	ITA
77	Bruno Paz	19	Sporting	1.3	0.13	POR
75	Marcelo Ortiz	23	Boca Unidos	0.4	0.14	ARG
74	Vladimir Screciu	17	CS U Craiova	0.02	0.18	ROU
73	Sigurd Rosted	22	Sarpsborg	0.7	0.19	NOR
77	Thomas Rogne	27	Goteborg	3.3	0.4	NOR
76	Nehuen Perez	17	Argentinos Jrs.	0.03	0.09	ARG
75	Mateo Barac	22	Osijek	0.5	0.57	CRO
75	Tiago Matos	16	Porto	0.06	0.01	POR

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FM18 Left Full-Back Bargains

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
82	Luca Pellegrini	18	Roma	1.1	0.14	ITA
77	Luis Miguel Ayala	23	Independiente del Valle	0.7	0.13	ECU
77	Benoit Tremoulinas	31		0	0	FRA
75	Juan Fuentes	27		0	0	ESP
76	Tyrell Malacia	17	Feyenoord	1.5	0.17	NED
72	Mads Pedersen	20	Nordsjaelland	1.2	0.3	DEN
75	Miroslav Bogosavac	20	Cukaricki	0.3	0.17	SRB
76	Ian Escobar	21	Talleres	2.8	1.5	ARG
74	Alex Pascanu	18	Leicester	0.1	0.14	ENG
73	Thomas Grogaard	23	Odd	0.8	0.26	NOR
79	Federico Ermacora	17	Udinese	0.2	0.09	ITA
76	Goncalo Costa	17	Sporting	0.06	0.01	POR
76	Kevin Gutierrez	22	Queretaro	3	0.3	MEX
74	Jure Balkovec	22	Domzale	1	0.38	SVN
74	Marko Vucic	20	Sutjeska	0.2	0.07	MNE
77	Kim Jin-Su	25	Jeonbuk	6.6	0.8	KOR
76	Birger Meling	22	Rosenborg	1.2	0.35	NOR
72	Greg Taylor	19	Kilmarnock	0.4	0.3	SCO
71	Ayrton	19	MAD	1.1	0.09	BRA
73	Robert Mazan	23	Zilina	1.2	0.42	SVK
73	Andres Catalan	16	Morelia	0.01	0.01	MEX
72	Juninho Capixaba	19	Bahia	1.3	0.33	BRA
74	Pascal Hackethal	17	Bremen	0.06	0.09	GER
71	Dominik Franke	18	Wolfsburg	1.3	0.21	GER
72	Matheus Padilha	19	Vitoria	0.2	0.04	BRA

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FM2018 Right Full-Back Bargains

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
79	Mario Pineida	24	Barcelona (ECU)	1.5	0.18	ECU
85	Borja San Emeterio	20	Sevilla	1.9	0.41	ESP
79	Diogo Dalot	18	Porto	2.7	0.19	POR
77	Advan Kadusic	19	Sarajevo	0.6	0.23	BIH
77	Vitinho	17	Cruzeiro	0.1	0.08	BRA
75	Kleber	18	Flamengo	0.2	0.02	BRA
71	Agustin Sant'Anna	19	Cerro	0.3	0.13	URU
75	Sergino Dest	16	Ajax	0.1	0.06	NED
74	Jose Luis Rodriguez	20	Danubio	0.5	0.13	URU
74	Roni	18	Vitoria Conquista	0.7	0.02	BRA
79	Eros De Santis	19	Roma	0.9	0.17	ITA
74	Julian Ryerson	19	Viking	0.6	0.07	NOR
73	Matthias Bader	20	Karlsruhe	3.7	0.23	GER
72	Tomas Domingos	18	Belenenses	0.06	0.01	POR
80	Achraf	18	R. Madrid	6.4	0.21	MAR
77	Alex Pinto	18	Benfica	4	0.18	POR
74	Linus Wahlqvist	20	Norrkoping	1.3	0.85	SWE
77	Guillermo Varela	24	Penarol	5.3	0.58	URU
73	Antonio Mrkovic	22	Solin	0.3	0.06	CRO
76	Leonardo Godoy	22	Talleres	3	1.3	ARG
74	Felix Beijmo	19	Djurgardens	1.2	0.71	SWE
73	Joel Andersson	20	Hacken	0.8	0.44	SWE
70	Koffi Kouao	19	Vizela	0.6	0.08	CIV
74	Kevin	19	Tombense	0.7	0.03	BRA
73	Julian Golles	17	Liefering	0.4	0.04	AUT

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FM 2018 Bargain Defensive Midfields

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
79	Duarte Valente	17	Estoril	0.06	0.01	POR
78	Amadou Haidara	19	Salzburg	2.2	0.03	MLI
80	Ronaldo Vieira	18	Leeds	4	1.8	POR
78	Daniel Braganca	18	Sporting	0.06	0.01	POR
81	Claudio Gomes	16	PSG	1.2	0.19	FRA
78	Frizzo	18	Sao Paulo	1.1	0.03	BRA
79	Atakan Akkaynak	18	Leverkusen	1.8	0.43	GER
77	Florentino Luis	17	Benfica	1	0.06	POR
81	Carel Eiting	19	Ajax	1	0.3	NED
74	Ivan Sunjic	20	Lokomotiva	0.4	0.22	CRO
77	Tomas Podstawski	22	Vit. Setubal	1.6	0.38	POR
76	Bruno Cosendey	20	Vasco	1.2	0.11	BRA
75	Gino Fechner	19	Kaiserslautern	3.1	0.7	GER
78	Liziero	19	Sao Paulo	1.1	0.1	BRA
74	Branco van den Boomen	21	Eindhoven	1.7	0.62	NED
75	Gabriel Suazo	19	Colo Colo	0.3	0.03	CHI
74	Uros Racic	19	Red Star	0.4	0.11	SRB
74	Jan Kirchhoff	26		0	0	GER
76	Oscar Lewicki	24	Malmo	2.8	0.45	SWE
75	Massinissa Oufella	15	PSG	0.06	0.05	FRA
79	Rui Pires	19	Porto	2.7	0.34	POR
79	Joao Gamboa	20	Maritimo	1.8	0.38	POR
78	Andrey	19	Vasco	2	0.27	BRA
77	Azubuike Okey	20	Y. Malatyaspor	2	1	NGA
75	Rewan Amin	21	Dalkurd	0.8	0.31	NED

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FM18 Bargain Central Midfielders

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nation
82	Matt O'Riley	16	Fulham	0.1	0.17	ENG
84	Afonso Sousa	17	Porto	1.6	0.01	POR
85	Gaspar Campos-Anso	17	S. Gijon	0.4	0.08	ESP
79	Manuel Pherai	16	Dortmund	0.06	0.07	NED
78	Amadou Haidara	19	Salzburg	2.2	0.03	MLI
79	Tiago Dantas	16	Benfica	0.06	0.01	POR
74	Christian Tue	17	Midtjylland	0.6	0.02	DEN
78	John Hou Saeter	19	Stabaek	0.9	0.03	NOR
81	Diego Batista	17	Benfica	0.06	0.01	POR
74	Xaver Schlager	19	Salzburg	2.2	0.05	AUT
79	Domen Crnigoj	21	Lugano	3.1	1	SVN
76	Iago Oliveira	17	Sao Paulo	0.04	0.03	BRA
83	Filippo Melegoni	18	Atalanta	1	0.5	ITA
81	Dominik Szoboszlai	16	Liefering	0.06	0.67	HUN
76	Anders Trondsen	22	Rosenborg	0.7	0.09	NOR
76	Bruno Jordao	18	Braga	2.7	0.02	POR
79	Atakan Akkaynak	18	Leverkusen	1.8	0.43	GER
76	Gedson Fernandes	18	Benfica	2	0.18	POR
80	Pablo Lopez	19	Pachuca	1.8	0.08	MEX
79	Elias Abouchabaka	17	Leipzig	0.06	0.2	GER
76	Njegos Petrovic	17	Rad	0.1	0.07	SRB
73	Patrick Sontheimer	18	Greuther Furth	2.2	0.45	GER
82	Dejan Kulusevski	17	Atalanta	0.8	0.07	SWE
77	Chuks Aneke	23	MK Dons	3	0.87	ENG
78	Miguel Luis	18	Sporting	0.06	0.01	POR

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FM2018 Bargains Left Wingers

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nation
87	Rodrygo	16	Santos	0.2	0.03	BRA
83	Pedro Neto	17	Braga	4	0.03	POR
81	Francesco Di Nolfo	18	Perugia	0.2	0.21	ITA
74	Ismael Diaz	20	Tauro	2.7	0.05	PAN
76	Facundo Waller	20	Plaza Colonia	0.5	0.55	URU
78	Nuno Santos	22	Rio Ave	4	0.42	POR
77	Francisco Trincao	17	Braga	1.6	0.03	POR
80	Mirko Antonucci	18	Roma	0.2	0.1	ITA
75	Gregor Bajde	23	Maribor	1.1	0.25	SVN
80	Timothy Tillman	18	Bayern	0.4	0.37	GER
74	Armin Djerlek	16	Partizan	0.02	0.06	SRB
74	Luka Adzic	18	Red Star	0.2	0.15	SRB
74	Tobias Svendsen	17	Molde	0.6	0.1	NOR
79	Georgi Stoyanov	16	Ludogorets	0.01	0.02	BUL
76	Tomas Perez Gancedo	17	Argentinos Jrs.	0.03	0.1	ARG
83	Jadon Sancho	17	Dortmund	4	0.45	ENG
75	Jose Antonio Reyes	33		0	0	ESP
73	Igor Zlatanovic	19	Radnik	0.2	0.1	SRB
73	Allano	22	Estoril	1	0.34	BRA
75	Masaya Okugawa	21	Liefering	2.2	0.28	JPN
75	Tobias Heintz	18	Sarpsborg	0.5	0.11	NOR
75	Bruno Tabata	20	Portimonense	6.8	0.27	BRA
78	Roberto Alvarado	18	Necaxa	3.3	0.27	MEX
72	Antonio Marin	16	Dinamo	0.7	0.07	CRO
78	Evanilson	17	Fluminense	0.5	0.02	BRA

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FM18 Right Wing Bargains

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
83	Emanuel Vignato	16	Chievo	0.2	0.25	ITA
79	Oghenekaro Etebo	21	Feirense	1.8	0.95	NGA
82	Diogo Bras	17	Sporting	1	0.01	POR
79	Erick	19	Braga	1.5	0.16	BRA
78	Nuno Santos	22	Rio Ave	4	0.42	POR
77	Recep Gul	16	Galatasaray	0.07	0.09	TUR
76	Stefan Mihajlovic	18	Vozdovac	0.1	0.05	SRB
82	Moussa Sylla	17	Monaco	2.8	0.25	FRA
74	Hwang Hee-Chan	21	Salzburg	2.2	0.03	KOR
74	Omar Fernandez	24	Melgar	0.5	0.03	COL
77	Jefferson Savarino	20	Zulia	0.9	0.3	VEN
77	Aaron Reartes	17	Argentinos Jrs.	0.03	0.1	ARG
72	Agustin Canobbio	18	Fenix	0.4	0.1	URU
75	Yony Gonzalez	22	Junior	0.8	0.08	COL
76	Diego	20	Agueda	0.3	0.02	BRA
75	Jose Antonio Reyes	33		0	0	ESP
73	Allano	22	Estoril	1	0.34	BRA
76	Oliver Batista Meier	16	Bayern	0.06	0.12	GER
74	Gilbert Koomson	22	Sogndal	1	0.35	GHA
75	Robert Burbano	22	Emelec	0.6	0.08	ECU
75	Robert Skov	21	Silkeborg	1.5	0.6	DEN
74	Greg Kiltie	20	Kilmarnock	0.9	0.32	SCO
75	Joao Filipe	18	Benfica	1.6	0.09	POR
75	Hannes Wolf	18	Salzburg	1.3	0.45	AUT
74	Jarlan Barrera	21	Junior	0.9	1.2	COL

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FM18 Bargain Central Attacking Mids

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
84	Joao Felix	17	Benfica	1.3	0.27	POR
82	Matt O'Riley	16	Fulham	0.1	0.17	ENG
84	Pedrinho	19	Corinthians	2.4	0.27	BRA
79	Darko Churlinov	16	Koln	0.06	0.12	MKD
79	Alexis Mac Allister	18	Argentinos Jrs.	0.2	0.16	ARG
77	Matheusinho	19	At. Mineiro	2.9	0.47	BRA
77	Luka Ivanusec	18	Lokomotiva	0.4	0.78	CRO
78	Patrick	19	Flamengo	0.2	0.02	BRA
81	Dennis Man	18	Steaua	1.4	0.23	ROU
79	Atalay Babacan	17	Galatasaray	0.07	0.11	TUR
82	Bernardo Sousa	17	Sporting	1	0.01	POR
81	Dominik Szoboszlai	16	Liefering	0.06	0.67	HUN
80	Nicolo Buso	17	Cesena	0.2	0.06	ITA
77	Kevin Salazar	21	Santa Fe	0.7	0.07	COL
76	Chidera Ejike	18	GEE LEC Academy	0	0.05	NGA
79	Fabricio Oya	18	Corinthians	1	0.19	BRA
77	Chuks Aneke	23	MK Dons	3	0.87	ENG
76	Emiliano Marcondes	22	Nordsjaelland	0.9	0.42	DEN
79	Lucas Lourenco	16	Santos	0.04	0.02	BRA
78	Eldin Hadzic	25		0	0	BIH
75	Gabriel Cortez	21	Independiente del Valle	0.6	0.06	ECU
75	Juninho	18	Sport Recife	1.1	0.12	BRA
79	David Brooks	19	Sheff Utd	1.5	1.5	ENG
77	Filipe Chaby	23	Belenenses	1.3	0.62	POR
76	Dominik Prokop	20	Austria Wien	1.8	0.29	AUT

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FM 2018 Bargain Strikers

R	Name	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	Nat
78	Lincoln	16	Flamengo	0.1	0.02	BRA
82	Gaston Veron	16	Argentinos Jrs.	0.03	0.03	ARG
82	Ariel Nahuelpan	29	Barcelona (ECU)	2.9	0.35	ARG
76	Erling Haland	16	Molde	0.06	0.03	NOR
83	Vitinho	17	Corinthians	1.2	0.02	BRA
82	Paulinho	16	Vasco	1.4	0.41	BRA
75	Yuri Alberto	16	Santos	0.3	0.05	BRA
79	Jeronimo Barrales	30	Johor DT II	1.9	0.05	ARG
81	Gonzalo Carneiro	21	Defensor Sporting	1.2	0.65	URU
84	Willem Geubbels	15	Lyon	0.06	0.32	FRA
79	Marwan Mohsen	28	Al-Ahly	3.7	0.33	EGY
78	Victor Gyokeres	19	Brommapojkarna	0.4	0.23	SWE
77	Oskar Zawada	21	Karlsruhe	3.4	0.34	POL
80	Giuseppe Rossi	30		0	0	ITA
81	Paulo Boia	19	Sao Paulo	2	0.18	BRA
75	Yoo Ju-Ahn	18	Suwon	0.5	0.07	KOR
84	Rui Pedro	19	Porto	4	0.27	POR
82	Fiete Arp	17	Hamburg	4.1	0.34	GER
79	Brenner	17	Sao Paulo	1.4	0.1	BRA
79	Renat Dadachov	18	Frankfurt	1.8	0.22	AZE
77	Jonas Wind	18	FC Kobenhavn	0.5	0.01	DEN
84	Carlinhos	20	Corinthians	2.1	0.18	BRA
79	Ian Torres	16	Atlas	0.01	0.02	MEX
79	Antonio Marin	17	Guarani (PAR)	0.3	0.21	PAR
78	Roberto Ovelar	31	Junior	0.9	0.07	PAR

FAQ

I can't find all players of this list on my savegame. Why?

I loaded all 343k players in-game to produce this list of FM18 top bargains. Your savegame probably has less players loaded.

I think you missed some players! Oh, and that player shouldn't be here!

I'm counting on your feedback to improve this list, so I encourage you to post your suggestions in the comments section below. Thanks!

Where is the downloadable shortlist to import in-game?

Sorry, I don't have one. I used to share shortlists before, but people would steal them and post on other sites without my consent.